Cart structure



Feb. 1 ,1927. 1,617,6

R. LITTLE FIELD CART STRUCTURE Filed April 2. 1925 I a cart structure- 'wherein Patented Feb. 15, 1927. V

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' cam STRUCT R l1 Application 5 filed April 2,

' The object of my invention isto provide a cart structure of simple, durable ahclcomparatively inexpensive construction.

More particularly, my invention relates to thecart body may be mounted in a horizontal position regardlessoif the inclined surface upon which the cart structure may rest. I Still anotherobject is' to provide structurewherein'theposition of the wheels relative to the remainder of the cart structure may bef secured for" maintaining" the cart body in a horizontal p0si'tion.-' a

Still ai-furtherobject is to p ture wherein the hand engaging elements may be extended when desired. l 1

Still a further object is to provide controlling devices which regulate the position of the wheelsrelative to the remainderof the frameat the ends of the levers;

I My invention relates to an improvement in Hiy -Letters Patent issued to ine on March 20, 1923, 'No.'"1,449,011'. V I

With these and other objects in view, my inventionfconsists in the 'eonstruction arrange ment and'combination of the various parts. of device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully :set .forth, pointed out in" my claims; and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which; V I "-Figure'l is a side elevation of 'my cart structure. I i I Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line '22 of Figure '1, the "dotted line position g -22"and when an'openmgjfil" isin register showing the parts extended. "Figure 3' 'san enlarged, detail view of oneof the'levers and control devices.

- Figure 4 is a detail, sectional view-taken onrlinej llof Figure 3; and" Q i Figure 5 is a sectional View taken on line .5 ;5 of Figure 1. a

In' the accompanying" drawings, I have used-the reference numerallO toindicate generally a pair 'of uprights which are spaced apart by' a pair of telescop'ing'cross pieces 11- and '12; The telescoping cross pieces 11 and 12 are provided with" openings 13into which may be extended a pin 14: for lockingfthem in any: desired position.

Pivotally secured to each of the uprights 10 is the lever 15; The levers 15 are pro-- videdfwith yoke members-l6 at'their rear r Q1lilSc{ '/lil3Wl11Cll;&T8" slidablyj mounted the 'aa ban engaging members 17, Secured te' th'e rovide-astrucp 4 Y '10 and through the lever 15, as clearlylshown hand engagingmembers at their forward thelever-s l5; The hand engaging member '17 may be locked relative to the levers-15 by means'of a pin or the like 19 extended I Secured to the forward endsbf the levers 15 is a cart' -body20 The cart body is pi'vo'tally connected to the forwar'd; ends "ofjthe levers-15 by meansjof-the bolt's21." 4

A sleeve 22'entends' throughthe uprights in Figure 4 'ofthej drawingsm The sleeve 22 is providedWith a screw'threa'ded portion on its inner'end 'and has a nut 23 secured theretoyg. i v 7: The outer end of the sleeve 22'is'provi ded A link 26 is pivoted-'tothe upright 10 meiansof the'pivot 27.- Thefor'wardiend of r the link fo'rmsa bearing fora stub shaft'j28 uporrwhic'h may'be' jour'n'alled thew hee1 29.

l"A'link 30 ispi'votedto the forward-end of right '10,"the'links 26 and80, when connected se e form a triangular shaped' fram member. r i

A lever 33 is piv'otallyiconnected to the up'rig'htslO at one, end and to the cart body at its othe1ie'1'1d. The level-s15 and 33 operate in unison'with 'eachother, d

When the lever 15 is'swung onfit'slpivot, it-causes-th'ecart body tojbe raised 'orloWered retaining it, however, in .a horizontal position". atalltimes. c The horizontal posi tion of the cart body 20' is obtained by virtue'of the parallelogram arrangement of the members 15, 33,; 10, and the cart body; H

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"The cart body-Will lwaysre position" where its uppersurface' 'v'vill be at substantially right angles to the s uppert" 19,

with an 'annu'lar groove 24:. Botatably 1 mounted upon the sleeve 22 "and withiri the groove 24 is a sock'etfmember2'5. The purposeof the socket member 25 will be hereinafter'more fully set forth.

V and forthat reason, it desirable to maintain the support in a'verticalpposition l nvherein the cartb'ody will be maintained in support 10,

a'horizontal' position. In order to lockjthe lever against movement, relative tothe [and on the pawl tendsto holdthe pawl g finengagement with the'sector 34. j ,,A pulley wheel 3 8 is mounted on the pawl '.35, {the purpose 10f; which f more fully set forth, Aha'nd will be hereafter engaging latch- 39 is pivoted on the I member 17' and hasa flexible element se-' Cured thereto.-,

I1 ,t ained: in-a horizontal plane.

r is 'very muc engaging Qtthe latch39 will to be withdrawn from thesector 34;

ien w t he pawl 35.. I V From the construction described, it will be seen described, it will ,be seen that r The flexible elementthen extends forward- 1y andisffixedto the yokefmember 1 8. The cause the pawl Whenthe member 17 is extended relative "(to the 'le'ver li5,;it wijll cause the flexibleeleall times, that is,

ment 40 to remain taut at the closerthe yoke membersl6 and 18', the farther in equal proportion the pulley. 41 willb effrom the Pulley 38. mentof" the pulley wheels and the flexible elementma'kes itpossible to extend the memfb'er 17 relative to the lever 15 without interofuthe parts just that the levers 15 may be moved and locked in an desired position; From the construction 0 the parts the: cart I tidy-may bera-ised or lowe'red and yet main- 7 pin- 32, I provide. a casting 42 whichis pivoted to a lug 43 on the lever l5.v I One end of the casting 42 is connected to; the locking pin 32-by meansof the rivet 44.

T In order to operate the locking fA' eo-ilspring45 is'securedat one end to the castin 42 and at its other end to the ,lever 15 or normally holdingithe locking 'pin :32 inoperative position;

- pulley, wheel 46 is mounted on the cast- Ing'AZQa-ndhasthe flexible element 47 e x tended therearound. One end of the flexible element 47 is secured to the yokemember 18 and the other-end issecured to aclatch con- A pull ey wheel 49'is fixed, to the yoke membe 16 andhas t tended therearound. ,7 i A i The arran ement of the flexible element 47 similar to the flexible element 40 'wherein the member 17 may be extended re i efioah c e r I provide a notchedsector 34 on V the upright 10; 1 A locking pawl 35 is slidably mounted in a pair o fbeari'ngs36 on the lever 1'5;v A spring'37 arranged between the bearings 36 V i The flexible element 40 Vex-Y 7 tends forwardly and aroimd the pulley wheel [381, The flexible element then extends rearwardly and arouindea pulley Wheel 41 which .gis mounted onthe'yoke 16 v r The arrange of the surface vention and it is my intention to eflex'ible' element ex -When it is desired towithdraw the locking pin 32 from the link 30, the latch 48 is e11 gaged, thus moving the casting 42 on, its pivot against the action of the coil spring-45.

The linkSO is disengaged from the lockto theremainderof the device. The position of the link 30 may be changed so that it assumes the position? shown in dotted lines in Figure 1', wherein a small wheel (shown in dotted lines) may be used.-

The structure is preferably'designed to be usedu'pon an, inclined surface and, for

that, reason, it is 11ecessary-fortl1e bottom of the wheelfland the bottom of thenpright' inember 10 to' rest, in di-iferent horizontal planes;

In order to retain the teracai' esition, or theupright 1O andthus retain the horizontal .position ofthe cart bodyjwhen thebottom j of the uprightlO is above or below the bot 2b ingpint whefi it is desired to change the position of the wheels of the device relative tom of the wheel 29, the angular'relation of the members 26,30, and-1O may be changed allowing the brace 30 toshiftrelative to: the n:

socket 25. Thus the angle between theupright 10jand the levers; 15 may bechanged. It will beseen that -the-position ofthe wheels relative, to the upright 10 maybe disengaging the locking pin 32 and 1 had by 7 sliding the link 30 within the socket member 25. The. cart body itself may be; raised 'or lowered by shifting the positiongo f the lever 15. o .v c

The providing of the telescop g; members 12 and 13enables me' to use "the 'cart bodies of various widths, as shown in'dotted lines in Figure 2 of the drawings. 7

It will be seen that/I have provideda very eflicient cart structure for the cart body in a proper horizontal .position regardless of the angle of inclination upon which the structure is s d v 3!:

; *Some changes may be made in the constructlon and arrangement; of the various departing said levers relative to the wheels, saidlast means compris ng, a 'slidableconnection for one slde of sald triangular frames for vary maintaining 4 locking said H varying the position of the pivotalaxes iof' ing the angles of the triangular frames as specified.

2. In a device of the class described, Wheel mounted triangular frames including sup ports arranged to be held in a vertical plane, and pairs of 'links pivoted thereto and to each other, two pairs of levers pivoted to said supports, a cart body mounted on said levers and arranged to be maintained in a predetermined relation to said supports, the wheels being journalled to' said frames, means controlled from the ends of two of said levers for varying the position of said cart body relative to said supports depending upon the inclined surface upon which said device is set as and for the purposes stated.

3. In a device of the class described, wheel mounted triangular frames, two pairs of levers capable of pivotal movement about,

horizontal axes and adapted to operate in unison, one pair of said levers being extensible and having hand engaging members thereon, means controllable at said hand engaging members for locking said levers in any of their positions, means for varying the triangular frames relative to the wheels,

said last means comprising a sliding connection for one s1de of sald triangular frames, for varying the angles thereof, sald extensieach triangular frame compr sing a support, a link. plvot'ed thereto on Wh1ch, a wheel is rotatably mounted, a second-link 7 structure of the class described, triangular supporting frames, 35

pivoted to said-first link, said second link being slidably secured to said support, whereby the'position of the entire device relative to the wheel maybe varied, two pairs of levers capable of pivotal movement about horizontal axes and adapted t0'oper-' ate in unison, a cart body'mounted on the forward ends of said levers, the axes for said levers being mounted on said supports,

said levers, cart body and supports formingsubstantially parallelograms for maintaining the cart body in a predetermined relation to said supports, hand engaging vmembers on one pair of said levers, means controllable at the hand engaging. members of said pair of levers, whereby the cart body may be raised and locked in any of its positions. I

Des Moines, Iowa, March 26, 1923.

ROY LITTLEFIELD, 

